Four or Three Most Dangerous Remain Free
Four jailbreakers were recaptured in Laredo while three fugitives, including James Belton and two Karabelas brothers, remained at large. The group escaped after using feigned illness to lure a jailer, with one officer injured. Police tracked two men in brush near U S 81 before two escaped, stole a car, and fled toward San Antonio. See LAREDO ESCAPEES Page 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AREDO
Laredo
James Belton
Joseph Wilson
New York
Belton
Karabelas
California
Air Force
Texas
Robert Hernandez
Hernandez
Eugene Martin
Martin
Jefferson Fell
Border Patrol
San Antonio
Charles Waymire
Tulsa
Okla
Ralph Victor Gordon
San Mateo
Calif
Fell
U. S. 81
Richard Bernard
Thugs and Vandals Strike Local Businesses
Police investigated a flurry of burglaries and vandalism causing thousands in damages. The Red Raider Drive-In on N College Ave and Clovis Highway saw heavy destruction to projection equipment. A Friday break-in at Matthews Conoco on 4th Street targeted a small safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Raider Drive-In
N. College Ave
Clovis Highway
Matthews
Conoco
4Th St
Eisenhower lifts embargo on Middle East tank shipments
President Eisenhower ends the two day ban on licensed arms shipments to the Middle East. He announces that reconnaissance tanks and other armored equipment may now be delivered to allied forces, removing an embargo that delayed critical supplies.
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John M. Hightower
Sau- Ashington
Presdi
Israel
Eisenhower
Georgia
States Department
United States
Cuero editor stops over here prize winning Texas newsman
Pulitzer prize winning Cuero Record journalist Kenneth Towery urged reform of Texas government and more public attention to boards and commissions. He spoke in Lubbock and Kerrville while undergoing hospital treatment, and discussed Shepperd’s policy ideas and streamlined laws. Towery, a war veteran, won the 1950 Polen prize for exposing veterans land scandals and received a $1000 prize. He questioned his paper's stance on John Ben Shepperd while noting his support for workable government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuero Record
Cuero
Lubbock
Kerrville
Friona Chamber of Commerce
Towery
Shepperd
Will: A Legal Statement About Property Division
A concise legal note defines a will as a statement showing how a person wants property divided among heirs. The excerpt emphasizes the document’s role in directing distribution and avoiding disputes over assets after death.
Snow Drop birth amid blizzard travel tale from Floydada
A 16th birthday celebrates amid a March like blizzard as Mr and Mrs Joe Dunn push through heavy snow from Mount Blanco to Floydada for a doctor. Their car buried, they borrow a car and mule team to reach care, recalling howling winds and blocked roads on February 17 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avalanche-Journal Pespana
Yesteryear
Snow Drop
Snow
Joe Dunn
Joe Mack
Norma
California
Mount Blanco Com
Wesley Hay
Ralph Warren
Floydada
Waggoner Seeks School Board Seat in Lubbock
Leroy Waggoner an insurance and real estate man in Lubbock announced Saturday his candidacy for one of two openings on the local school board. A former teacher and high school band director, he is a West Texas State College and UT law student graduate, resident at 1733 32nd St with his wife and four children. The filing joins William H. Evans and John J. Christmann with the election set for April 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Waggoner
Lubbock Insurance
West Texas State College
Canyon
University of Texas Law
William H. Evans
John J. Christimann
Waggoner
32 Marines Back From Dead After Plane Crash Mixup
A Marine transport plane crash near Niles California led to a faulty next of kin notification for 32 Marines who were not aboard the aircraft. Correct death notices were sent to families of the five crewmen and one hitchhiking Marine. The toll was unverified late Saturday as bodies were recovered near the fog shaded crash site east of San Francisco Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Niles
Calif
Here
Marine Corps
Corps
California
San Francisco Bay
Fl Toro Marine Base
Southern
Quarles argues missile overrated amid Soviet talk
In Washington on February 18, Secretary of the Air Force Quarles dismissed the Russian atomic missile program as overrated and said a 1,500 mile missile would not shift the world balance. Senator Jackson accused him of minimizing the threat and warned of effects on overseas bases, NATO unity, and U.S. prestige. See QUARLES REPLIES Page 12.
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Ashington
Russia
Eisenhower
Sec
Air Force
Quarles
Sen. Jackson
D-Wash
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Jackson
U.S
United States
NATO
Europe
Airman Hurt In Car Train Crash Near Reese AFB
A.2.C. Glenn R. Curry 18 of Lubbock was in satisfactory condition at Reese Air Force Base Hospital after colliding with a Santa Fe freight train near Clovis road and Indiana Ave at about 9 10 a.m. Police said Curry, home on leave from Nellis AFB Nev, drove alone. He suffered a possible skull fracture concussion and facial lacerations. X rays pending to assess injuries. Police noted his car was demolished.
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Glenn R. Curry
Lubbock
Reese Air Force Base Hospital
Santa Fe
Clovis Road
Indiana Ave
Dennis Hampton
Ave
D. Curry
Nellis Air Force Base
Nev
Curry
D. W. Polk
Writings Hit Reds Denounce Stalin Publicly
Avalanthe Journal wires report that the Soviet Union condemned Stalin era one man rule and denounced major political and economic writings by Anastas Mikoyan. Mikoyan’s remarks, delivered at the 20th Communist Party Congress, criticized Stalin’s leadership style capitalism views and Soviet history. The text was published and broadcast this morning, with a noted delay suggesting high level soul searching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avalanthe-Journal
OSCOW
Soviet Union
Josef Stalin
Radio Moscow
Gre Pravda
Communist Party
Izvestia
Stalin
Anastas Mikoyan
Mikoyan
Collec
Zhukov Warns U S Cities May Be Targeted
Soviet Defense Minister Georgi Zhukov in a Tass release warned that the USSR possesses mighty guided missiles and atomic weapons and would bomb American cities if the West attacks. He stressed readiness for broad war, while claiming the Soviet Union seeks peace and does not threaten others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard K. O'Malley
Oscow
Georgi K. Zhukov
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Zhukov
Tass
Russia
Malta Plane Crash Kills Fifty, Including RAF Members
A chartered British airliner crashed on takeoff from Luga Airfield in Valetta Malta killing fifty people. Among the dead are 44 Royal Air Force servicemen five crew members and an unidentified person. Stewardess Jill Upham 22, engaged to wed first officer Robert Garvin, had planned to marry on Easter.
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Valetta
Malta
Luga
Royal Air Force
British
Air Ministry
Jill Upham
Robert Garvin
LeTourneau Credits Faith and Work for Success
Industrialist R G LeTourneau told 150 attendees at a First Methodist Church banquet that faith and hard work fueled his rise from a seventh grade start to leading a vast earth moving empire. He urged youths to continue learning after graduation, saying schooling eases progress and curiosity never ends. LeTourneau spoke to the Interschool Citizenship Council in LeTourneau, Longview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. LeTourneau
Longview
Interschool Citizenship Council
First Methodist Church
LeTourneau
Larry Wall
Huron Wall
31St St
Randy Sturdivant
Clark Sturdivant
Gied St
Martin McAfee
Avalanche-Journal
Uncle Sam
Weather Map Page 13 Section 1
A weather map feature presents regional conditions and outlooks for the day. It outlines temperature ranges, precipitation chances, wind patterns, and fronts across multiple zones, aiding readers in planning outdoor activities and travel.
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Joseph F. Condon
Windsor, Conn
Rosa Hernandez
Los Angeles
Charles Cowan
Cowan
Middle East
Cuero Editor
Texas Newsman
Bill Lambert
Kenneth Towery
Saturday Night
Saudi Arabia
Dharan
South Plains Oil News
Area Farm News
Blizzard
Trip
Hardy
Girl
KFY
CBS Radio _ Avalanche -Jecree
Algiers
Algeria
Beni ‘Salam
By Elton C. Fay
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Reds
Germany
Anastas Mixoyan
Earth-Moving Business
Pire
le- See Letourneal
Wece
Yale
Wrather
Abilene
el Paso
Albuquerque
Houston
Amarillo
Okla City
Denver Teace
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